Lot 711
  • 711

Rudolph Schindler

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Description

  • Rudolph Schindler
  • Dining Chair from the Richard Lechner Residence, Studio City, California
  • Douglas fir plywood and fabric upholstery

Provenance

Michael and Gabrielle Boyd
Phillips New York, June 11, 2001, lot 108

Exhibited

Sitting on the Edge:  Modernist Design from the Collection of Michael and Gabrielle Boyd, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, November 20, 1998-February 23, 1999

Literature

Lionel March and Judith Sheine, eds., R. M. Schindler:  Composition and Construction, London, 1993, p. 226 (for drawings of the chair)
Marla Berns, ed., The Furniture of R. M. Schindler, Santa Barbara, 1997, pp. 32 and 158-159 (for a period photo of the interior)
Elizabeth A.T. Smith and Michael Darling, eds., The Architecture of R. M. Schindler, Los Angeles, 2001, pp. 74 and 250

Catalogue Note

Only three of these chairs were produced as the dining table in the Lechner house rested against a wall.  In addition to the lot offered here, one chair is in the collection of the University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, and the other is in a private collection.